Biviano takes his case straight to big mediaLike getting mail? Then you must love it every time an election comes around! You know how we know that State Senator Toby Stavisky is working hard? Because our mailbox tells us so. At least that's...

Protesters crash street renamingIt's only the beginning of August and things have already started to get ugly in the Corona political world. Or rather, the ugliness of Corona politics is back from its summer break - things have b...

Working Families or Hardly Working?Backroom politics over at the Board of Elections...we don't believe it for one minute! But that's exactly what Anthony Como, who is challenging State Senator Joseph Addabbo this November for his se...

Pol & reporters do a little "Rangel"-ingCould all of the stress of the ethics probe and pending charges against New York City Congressman Charlie Rangel finally be getting to him? Rangel has been scolding and snapping at reporters like a...

This won't be a negative-Frei raceHas civility finally returned to local politics? The race to fill the seat being vacated by Assemblyman Michael Gianaris in Astoria - who is in turn the clear frontrunner to replace the retiring Ge...

Who wants free papers?You might recall that after taking a brief hiatus from the City Council, Karen Koslowitz was re-elected to represent the Forest Hills district she once repped before term limits forced her out in 2...

Driscoll says 'so long' to ParksideBill Driscoll, the senior founding partner at The Parkside Group, has suddenly parted ways with Evan Stavisky and Harry Gianoulis. Driscoll was considered the most savvy at the political consulting...

Marty: see you in a few years LeBron!There were a whole lot of people upset about LeBron James' decision to leave the Cavaliers for the Miami Heat, none more so than the fine people of Cleveland, OH. But King James let down a whole lo...

Weiner with catch up on ESPN
We gotten used to seeing Congressman Anthony Weiner all over our television sets as of late. The Brooklyn/Queens representative has become one of the most outspoken members of Congress, and has mos...

Talk is cheap
Look out naive and sloppy journos, Errol Louis is going to out you! Louis, a columnist with The Daily News, recently had Congressman Gregory Meeks as a guest on WWRL's Morning Show with Errol Louis...

Aqueduct will become a big campaign chipThe news over the controversial pick of Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG) to run a future casino - or as it has been dubbed a “racino” - full of video lottery terminals just keeps getting worse. N...

What's in a kiss? A lot in Albany!Anthony Como wasn't the only GOP candidate to pounce on an opportunity to discredit their challenger this past week. Rick Lazio, who is running for governor and will likely face current Attorney Ge...

Come on, it's just a million bucks!
Really, what's $1 million or so if you're the richest man in the world? Well, $1 million might be a drop in the bucket to billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg, but the money apparently isn't an insi...

'Como' and get it, Addabbo!
Will he or won't he? Will he or won't he? He will! Anthony Como, who had a cup of coffee in the City Council after he won a special election to replace Dennis Gallagher only to be defeated five mon...

WOOD DALE, Ill. (AP) — One person was killed and up to 20 injured on Sunday when a tent blew off its moorings during a brief storm that brought high winds and hail to a festival in a suburb of Chicago.

LOWER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires blazing in several Western states Sunday chewed up forests and threatened homes but were most numerous in Northern California where dozens are raging and setting off evacuations.